Kerby Joseph Explains To The World What Detroit Already Knew
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The Minnesota Vikings have fallen victim to the “Lions Curse,” going onto lose the game immediately after they played the Detroit Lions. The Los Angeles Rams followed a similar blueprint as the one Aaron Glenn concocted to stamp out Sam Darnold and any talk of the upstart Vikings. But, of course, anyone who watched the Lions this year knows what else happened.
Kerby Joseph was asked about it on the Up & Adams Show, and he spelled it out: “I think we be beating people up.”
All Pro safety Kerby Joseph on the #Lions 'curse' on teams after beating them 😈👀🔊
Kerby: "Every time we beat somebody they always continue to just lose right after."
Kay: "Why do you think that is?"
Kerby: "I think we be BEATING people up." 😭@JKERB25 @heykayadams @Lions… pic.twitter.com/o5O7H47g5v
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) January 14, 2025
There’s no magic, there’s no voodoo here. Having the most physical team in the NFL beat the crap out of you isn’t a curse, it’s an intentional aftereffect of the construction of the Lions. That’s the culture the team has built under Dan Campbell.
When Campbell first took over the team, declaring his Lions would “Kick you in the teeth… And when you knock us down, we’re going to get up, and on the way up, we’re going to bite a kneecap off,” it was taken as a joke. Well, the joke’s on the Minnesota Vikings. It’s also on the San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and even the Rams, who all fell victim to getting kicked, bitten, and beaten up.
It’s more than words, it’s an entire ethos. While the lingering effects of playing Detroit are getting some attention, it’s of course, nothing compared to the effects of the Lions’ physicality on game day. If you think the 6-11 record teams have after playing the Lions is dismal, their record on the week of actually playing the Lions is, as we all know, 2-15. Those teams haven’t been cursed with anything, except for having to play Campbell, Joseph, and Detroit in the first place.
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